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Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
Thursday, 06 December 2012 10:21 By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Located about 45 miles south of Baton Rouge, Assumption Parish...
Dec 7, 201210 min read
BIG OIL TELLS BIG LIES ABOUT FRACKING
In a recent guest column in the Southern Illinoisan, I argued that: Water for Oil is a Fool’s Trade. Kyna Legner, identified as “field...
Dec 4, 20127 min read
Ground Water Pollution
Long-Term Effects For millennia, man has disposed of his waste products in a variety of ways. The disposal method might reflect...
Dec 4, 201260 min read
Federal Register | Request for Information To Inform Hydraulic Fracturing Research Related to Drinki
In response to public concern, the U.S. Congress urged EPA to conduct scientific research to examine the relationship between hydraulic...
Nov 11, 20122 min read
Cleanup of Most Challenging U.S. Contaminated Groundwater Sites Unlikely for Many Decades
WASHINGTON — At least 126,000 sites across the U.S. have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation, and about 10 percent of...
Nov 9, 20124 min read
The PA-DEP Now Under Attack
At least two articles appeared Friday reporting the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection failed to protect rural residents...
Nov 5, 20122 min read
Pennsylvania State Representative Jesse White calls for probe of Dept of Environmental Protection wa
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has created incomplete lab reports and used them to dismiss complaints that...
Nov 2, 20124 min read
List of the Harmed | Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air
The following is an ever-growing list of the individuals and families that have been harmed by fracking or shale gas production in the...
Oct 15, 20121 min read
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